R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
- 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
- 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) corn (c) ladder
- 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
- 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) circle
- 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) first (c) fork
- 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) fork
- 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) dart
- 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
- 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 16.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
- 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
- 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) bird
- 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) star (c) torch
- 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) scarf
- 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
- 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) fork
- 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
- 29.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
- 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
- 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circus
- 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) guitar
- 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
- 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
- 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) turtle
- 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
- 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) first
- 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
Answer key
- purple
- ar
- turtle
- corn
- or
- ur
- unicorn
- er
- turkey
- first
- ar
- fork
- circle
- guitar
- ir
- circle
- ar
- corn
- er
- thermometer
- torch
- popcorn
- ir
- car
- hammer
- butter
- paper
- torch
- flower
- circus
- circus
- guitar
- ur
- tiger
- or
- scarf
- shark
- purple
- or
- er
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